This article is about the the major god in Age of Mythology. For the Titan unit, see Kronos (unit). |
ā | Busy rebuilding, are they? How foolish to pretend they are safe, to think that closing some gates would mean the end of this... to forget that I'm still here. Well, it's their nature to be forgetful... Even their gods are absentminded - Zeus has forgotten about everyone he has locked away in Tartarus. It is time for all of us to remind him... | ā |
—from the opening cutscene of the A Lost People scenario |
Kronos is an Archaic Age major god for the Atlanteans who focuses on Siege and myth units, as well as a Titan unit in the campaign, in Age of Mythology: The Titans. He is based on Cronus, the king of the Titans.
Attributes[]
God power[]
- Deconstruction: Enables the player to deconstruct an enemy building. The full resource cost of the building is returned to the player's enemy. Cannot be used against Walls, Gates, Town Centers, Wonders or Titan Gates.
Technology[]
- Focus: Oracle and Oracle Hero have -1.0 per second Line of Sight increase speed; Oracle has +10% movement speed and Oracle Hero has +20% movement speed, +15% hit points and +10% attack.
Bonuses[]
- Siege weapons are 10% cheaper and move 10% faster.
- Myth units are 10% cheaper and move 10% faster.
- Can Time Shift buildings to any location within own Line of Sight.
Minor gods[]
- Classical Age
- Prometheus - Heroes
- Leto - Automatons
- Heroic Age
- Mythic Age
Time Shift[]
Through the Building Time Shift ability, players can move their own buildings to any other location in their Line of Sight. Upon activating the Time Shift ability on a building and targeting a location, it is slowly but automatically deconstructed, with a charge bar appearing below the building which goes from full to zero. The building is simultaneously reconstructed at the targeted location as a foundation, with its hit points increasing from zero. This foundation can be attacked and damaged by enemies. Only one building can be time shifted at a time.
Towers, Palaces, and Helios' Mirror Towers all cost 200 wood, 100 gold to time shift, the same cost as building a new tower.
All other buildings cost 5 wood, though Town Centers, walls, and Wonders cannot be time shifted.
Mythology[]
ā | The youngest of the Titans, his name meant time. Kronos became king of the gods after he castrated his father, Oranos, with the help of his mother, Gaia, who wished to free her children whom Oranos had imprisoned. Kronos ruled over a time of prosperity known as the Golden Age. Kronos and his wife/sister Rheia produced six children, including Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Fearing a revolt similar to his own, Kronos attempted to swallow all of his children at their birth, but Zeus avoided that fate and ultimately freed his siblings and banished the Titans to Tartarus. | ā |